State of Texas v. Arity 875, LLC

Opinion

ACCEPTED

15-25-00082-CV

FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 12/23/2025 1:12 PM

CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE

No. 15-25-00082-CV CLERK

In the Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth Judicial District FILED IN

15th COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

Austin, Texas 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE

Clerk

State of Texas,

Appellant, v.

Arity 875, LLC,

Appellee.

On Appeal from the 457th Judicial District Court, Montgomery County

MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTION OF LEAD COUNSEL

TO THE HONORABLE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS:

Under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.5, Appellant the State of Texas

hereby gives notice that Assistant Attorney General Rick Berlin has left the

employment of the Office of the Attorney General of Texas. Counsel requests that

the Court permit the removal of Mr. Berlin as lead counsel for the Appellant in this

matter, and requests the Court allow Deputy Division Chief for Consumer

Protection Jennifer M. Roscetti to substitute as lead counsel.

Please send future communications relating to this appeal to:

Jennifer M. Roscetti Deputy Division Chief, Consumer Protection State Bar No. 24066685

Jennifer.Roscetti@oag.texas.gov Office of the Attorney General of Texas Consumer Protection Division P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711 Telephone: (512) 475-4183 Fax: (512) 473-8301

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Jennifer M. Roscetti

KEN PAXTON JENNIFER M. ROSCETTI Attorney General of Texas Deputy Division Chief, Consumer Protection

BRENT WEBSTER State Bar No. 24066685

First Assistant Attorney General Jennifer.Roscetti@oag.texas.gov RALPH MOLINA Deputy First Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of Texas Consumer Protection Division AUSTIN KINGHORN P.O. Box 12548

Deputy Attorney General for Austin, Texas 78711

Civil Litigation Telephone: (512) 463-2185 JOHNATHAN STONE Fax: (512) 473-8301 Chief, Consumer Protection Division Counsel for Appellant

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

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/s/ Jennifer M. Roscetti Jennifer M. Roscetti Deputy Division Chief, Consumer Protection

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on December 23, 2025, a true and correct copy of the

foregoing document, Motion for Substitution of Lead Counsel was served via the

Court’s electronic filing system, on Defendants Allstate Insurance Company,

Allstate Vehicle and Property Insurance Company, Allstate Fire and Casualty

Insurance Company, Arity LLC, and Arity Services, LLC, by and through their

attorneys of record:

W. Reid Wittliff Jake Sommer, Pro Hac Vice State Bar No. 00791951 Kelsey Harclerode, Pro Hac Vice WITTLIFF CUTTER PLLC ZWILLGEN PLLC 510 Baylor St. 1900 M Street NW, Suite 250 Austin, Texas 78703 Washington, D.C. 20036 Telephone: (512) 960-4866 Telephone: (202) 296-3585 Facsimile: (512) 960-4869 Email: jake@zwillgen.com Email: reid@wittliffcutter.com kelsey@zwillgen.com

Sudhir V. Rao, Pro Hac Vice ZWILLGEN PLLC 183 Madison Ave., Suite 1504 New York, NY 10016 Telephone: (646) 362-5590 Email: sudhir.rao@zwillgen.com

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS

/s/ Jennifer M. Roscetti Jennifer M. Roscetti Deputy Chief, Consumer Protection Division

Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Zoann Willis on behalf of Jennifer Roscetti Bar No. 24066685 zoann.willis@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 109415190 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Motion to Substitution Lead Counsel_152500082 Status as of 12/23/2025 1:14 PM CST

Associated Case Party: State of Texas

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Daniel Zwart Daniel.Zwart@oag.texas.gov 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Kaylie Buettner Kaylie.Buettner@oag.texas.gov 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Zoann Willis zoann.willis@oag.texas.gov 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Meredith Spillane Meredith.Spillane@oag.texas.gov 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Zeilic Contreras Zeilic.Contreras@oag.texas.gov 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Carlos Fernandez Carlos.Fernandez@oag.texas.gov 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Madeline Fogel madeline.fogel@oag.texas.gov 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Richard RMcCutcheon richard.mccutcheon@oag.texas.gov 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Jennifer Roscetti Jennifer.Roscetti@oag.texas.gov 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Jonathan Hung johung@winston.com 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Eric Shinabarger EShinabarger@winston.com 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

W. Reid Wittliff reid@wittliffcutter.com 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Jake Sommer jake@zwillgen.com 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Kelsey Harclerode kelsey@zwillgen.com 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Sudhir V. Rao sudhir.rao@zwillgen.com 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Sean Wieber swieber@winston.com 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT

Kevin Simpson kpsimpson@winston.com 12/23/2025 1:12:10 PM SENT